Talty’s of Lissycasey win two in a row at national retail awards
ONE of West Clare’s busiest stores has received a national retail award for the second year running.
Lissycasey
Ennistymon, Cooraclare, Kilmurry Ibrickane & Clondegad qualify for U21A semi-finals
*Gearoid Barry secured a draw for Ennistymon to send them into the semi-finals. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ALL FOUR semi-final places in the Berwick Callinan Murphy Solicitors under 21 A football championship have been confirmed following the final round of games this weekend with both of last year’s finalists now out of the race.
Race for U21A football honours wide open with wins for Bricks, Cooraclare, Ennistymon & Clondegad
*Clondegad’s Seán McAllister. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILMURRY IBRICKANE, Cooraclare, Ennistymon and Clondegad kicked off their U21A football campaigns with impressive victories.
U21 teams profiled as the games begin in football championship
*Tom Curran will be part of the St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield side. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. ACTION begins in the U21 A, B and C football championships this weekend with a total of twenty three teams chasing honours, all but one of which will see action in the opening round.
Youthful Cooraclare can learn from final showing – Daly
*Cooraclare goalkeeper Harry O’Gorman. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. GETTING TO experience an intermediate county final will stand to a youthful Cooraclare side, manager Martin Daly maintained.
Junior glory springs Killimer back to intermediate grade
*Killimer jont captains Odhran Cunningham and Liam Culligan lift the Michael Toner Cup. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. KILLIMER won the Clare Junior A football championship for the second time in three years when defeating Lissycasey’s second string by the smallest of margins.
‘Managing ten times more stressful than playing’ says Daly as he bids to guide Cooraclare back to top tier
*Cooraclare manager, Martin Daly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. MANAGING is “ten times more stressful” than playing according to one of Clare’s greatest forwards Martin Daly.
The Water Break: Bodies on the line help Doora/Barefield & Éire Óg make Clare SFC decider
*Tom McDonald and Joe Rafferty celebrate for St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CHAMPIONS Éire Óg will put their Clare SFC title on the line against neighbours St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield after both sides emerged victorious in the semi-finals.
Formats of U21 championships to change with competition start deferred
*Lissycasey’s Michael Kelly and Michael Nash of St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield in action in last year’s U21A final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. FORMATS for the U21 championships in hurling and football will change, days before the football competition was due to kick off.
Lissycasey left to rue missed chances in semi-final
*A disappointed Shane Griffin at the final whistle. LISSYCASEY didn’t get enough from their attack to cause an upset against champions Éire Óg in the TUS Clare SFC semi-finals.